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What element is used as a medication for bipolar disorder?

Lithium.


What are the economic uses of lithium?

Lithium is used in Lithium Batteries, which are used in computers. Also, Lithium is used to make Lithium-Ion batteries, which are used in many portable devices, such as MP3 players. Lithium used to be used to treat Mania Disorder.


Which element on the periodic table is used in batteries?

There are multiple elements used in modern batteries because different batteries are made with different elements. Many of them are made with zinc and silver, while lithium ion batteries use lithium.


Where can lithium be currently found?

Lithium is commonly found in the rechargeable batteries of most laptops. It is also used in certain types of grease, especially in "high heat" environments where a traditional petroleum-based grease would burn. Lithium is found in some medicines used to treat bipolar disorder.


What is is lithium used for?

Lithium is used to treat people who are suffering from bipolar disorder. While lithium cannot cure the disease, it eases the symptoms. It is also used to fuel torpedos, where blocks of lithium are melted by electric sparks before reacting with sulphur hexafluoride to produce heat. Lithium is used to make many different types of batteries, ceramics, enamels, dyes, rubber products and glass including lenses for glasses and telescopes. It is also often used in compounds such as lithium hydride, which inflates many life boats and balloons, or lithium deuteride, which used in the explosively active part of H-bombs.

Related questions

What element is in low density metal used in batteries?

Lithium. Lithium has low density and is 3rd element in periodic table with mass of 6.941 g/mol. Lithium is used in different types of batteries, such as lithium-ion(Lion), Lithium-polymer(LiPo). Both are rechargeable.


What element is used in antidepressant medicines?

Lithium


What element is used for batteries and bipolar diseases?

Lithium


What element is used to treat depression?

A medicines used to treat depression is often referred to as lithium but it is NOT the element lithium. Taking pure lithium metal would be very dangerous as it is a very reactive alkali metal.


Why is lithium used so often?

Because lithium is a very reactive element


Which element is used in batteries and used to treat depression?

Lithium


Which element from group 7 is need by lithium to make Colgate and why?

fluoride is used with lithium


What can lithium do?

Lithium is a group 1 element, this causes it do be very reactive with substances such as water to the point where it has to be stored in oil. Lithium has many domestic uses such as it is used in standard household batteries.


What element is used in automotive grease?

Molybdenum or Lithium.


Which element is low density and is used in batteries?

Lithium


Which element is used for batteries and bipolar disease?

Lithium


What element is used as a medication for bipolar disorder?

Lithium.